A very long molecular chain, formed by peated addition reactions of many unsaturated alkene molecules (monomers).
addition polymer
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A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in a ring structure.
alicyclic hydrocarbon
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A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in straight or branched chains.
aliphatic hydrocarbon
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A substance containing no water molecules
anhydrous
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The average enthalpy change that takes place when breaking by homolytic fission 1 mol of a given type of bond in the molecules of a gaseous species.
average bond enthalpy
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An elimination reaction in which water is removed from a saturated molecule to make an unstaurated molecule
dehydration
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The equilibrium that exists in a closed system when the rate of the forward reaction is equal to the rate of the reverse reaction.
dynamic equilibrium
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A diagram showing alternative routes between reactants and products that allows the indirect determination of an enthalpy change from other known enthalpy changes using Hess' law.
enthalpy cycle
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The process in mass spectronomy that causes a positive ion to split into pieces, one of which is a positive fragment ion.
fragmentation
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The reaction of an alcohol with a carboxylic acid to produce an ester and water.
esterification
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If a reaction can take place by more than one route and the initial and final conditions are the same, the total enthalpy change is the same for each route
Hess' Law
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The catalysis of a reaction in which the catalyst has a different physical state from the reactants
heterogenous catalysis
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The breaking of a covalent bond with both of the bonded electrons going to one of the atoms, forming a cation and an anion.
heterolytic fission
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A reaction with water or aqueous hydroxide ions that breaks a chemical compound into two compounds.
hydrolosis
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When a system in dynamic equilibrium is subjected to a change, the position of equilibrium will shift to minimise the change.
le Chatelier's principle
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The two repeated steps in radical substitution that build up the products in a chain reaction.
propagation
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A specific arrangement of atoms that occurs in the structure over and over again. They are included in brackets, outside of which the symbol is in.
repeat unit
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The energy required to raise the temperature of 1g of a substance by 1C.
specific heat capacity
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The molar relationship between the relative quantities of substances taking part in a reaction.
stoichiometry
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Compounds with the same structural formula but with a different arrangement of the atoms in space.
stereoisomers
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A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in a ring structure.
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alicyclic hydrocarbon
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A hydrocarbon with carbon atoms joined together in straight or branched chains.
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Card 4
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A substance containing no water molecules
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Card 5
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The average enthalpy change that takes place when breaking by homolytic fission 1 mol of a given type of bond in the molecules of a gaseous species.
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